List of 48 Hour Film Project award winners

This is a list of films that won awards at the American 48 Hour Film Festival.

2001
No awards were given for the festival's inaugural year.

2002
The winners of the 2002 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2003, held at Goethe-Institut Washington in Washington, DC, in February 2003.


 * Best Film - "White Bitch Down" by Boondogglers 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia
 * Runner Up for Best Film: "Child Prodigies: Where Are They Now?" by Team Feckless 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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2003
The winners of the 2003 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2004, held at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 13, 2004.


 * Best Film - "Baggage" by Slapdash Films 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "The Face: The Movie" by Cake 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Special Crime Unit" by Lazy Racer Auckland, New Zealand

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2004
The winners of the 2004 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2005, held at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, on March 12, 2005.


 * Best Film - "Moved" by Nice Hat Productions 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia
 * Runner Up for Best Film: "AndyMan" by Faceworker/Rupert Road Sheffield, England

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2005
The winners of the 2005 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2006, held at the Anno Domini in San Jose, California, on March 11, 2006.


 * Best Film - "Mimes on the Prairie" by Team Last to Enter 🇺🇸 Des Moines, Iowa
 * First Runner Up for Best Film: "The Write Stuff" by ScatterShot 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film: "Les Champignons de Paname" ("The Mushrooms of Paris") by Blue Turtles from Paris 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Film from the Panasonic HD Filmmakers Showdown: "Multiverse" by WIT Films 🇺🇸 Washington, DC. The grand prize was an HVX200 HD camera.

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2006
The winners of the 2006 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2007, held at Sauce in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 10, 2007.


 * Best Film - "Tooth and Nail" by Cinema Syndicate 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "Manquer" by Milk 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Maten al Payaso" by Afafas 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida
 * Best Directing - "Caramba!" by Artnum 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Acting - "Doughboy, Beware" by Biscuits and Gravy 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Best Script - "Tooth and Nail" by Cinema Syndicate 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon
 * Best Cinematography - "Manquer" by Milk 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington
 * Best Editing - "Stairwell C" by Vaughn Juares 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Best Film from the Fall Shootout - "Tipparinos" by Vaughn Juares 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Best Film from the Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown - "Maestro" by Bargain Basement Films 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland

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2007
The winners of the 2007 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2008, held at Camera 12 in San Jose, California, on March 2, 2008.


 * Best Film - "TimeCatcher" by No Budget Productions 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "Dòn" by La Lumiere Soudaine 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Sweetie" by Trifecta+ Entertainment 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico
 * Best Directing - "TimeCatcher" by No Budget Productions 🇺🇸 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Acting - "Dòn" by La Lumiere Soudaine 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy and "Sweetie" by Trifecta+ Entertainment 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico (tie)
 * Best Script - "TimeCatcher" by No Budget Productions 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Cinematography - "Room 303" by Team KC 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 * Best Editing - "TimeCatcher" by No Budget Productions 🇺🇸 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Film from the Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown - "Lizzie Strata" by Integral Arts 🇺🇸 Washington, DC

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2008
The winners of the 2008 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2009, held at the Tower Theater in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2009.


 * Best Film - "Transfert" by FatCat Films 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "An Old Scam" by Ha'amoraim 🇺🇸 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Aidan 5" by Jakson 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio
 * Honorable Mention for Best Film: "Backwoods" by Studio Bib Simmons 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Best Directing - "An Old Scam" by Ha'amoraim 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Acting - "An Old Scam" by Ha'amoraim 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Screenplay - "An Old Scam" by Ha'amoraim 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Cinematography - "Transfert" by FatCat Films 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Editing - "An Old Scam" by Ha'amoraim 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
 * Best Film from the International Shootout - "Buying Time" by Half Baked 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia. The grand prize was $1,000.
 * Runner Up for Best Film from the International Shootout - "A Darling Time in Vegas" by Vegaswood 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film from the International Shootout - "Go Human" by Par-t-com Productions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Best Film from the Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown - "Quillions" by More Where That Came From 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado. The grand prize was a Panasonic HPX170 HD camera.

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2009
The winners of the 2009 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2010, held at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 12, 2010. The grand prize for "Best Film" was $3,000.


 * Best Film - "Nicht nur der Himmel ist blau" by Sharktankcleaners 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * Runner Up for Best Film - "The Grave Review" by Rascallion Media Group 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Rationed" by Vegan Cannibal Productions 🇺🇸 Inland Empire, California
 * Best Directing - "Regenmakers" by Stichting DuS 🇳🇱 Breda, Netherlands
 * Best Writing - "Geen zin" by Zin in een film.nl 🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
 * Honorable Mention for Best Writing - "Don't Forget the Milk" by Wax Idiotical Films 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island
 * Best Acting - "11" by Blind Mice Athens, Greece
 * Best Cinematography - "Piccadilly High Noon" by Liminal London, England
 * Best Editing - "Ehsaas" by Time Travel 🇮🇳 Mumbai, India
 * Best Special Effects - "Gwendolyn Dangerous and the Great Space Rescue" by Integral Arts 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C.
 * Best Film from the International Shootout - "Prebloc" by Bande a part 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Film from the Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown - "Who's the Fairest" by Rascallion Media Group 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota. The grand prize was a Panasonic HD camera.

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2010
The winners of the 2010 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2011, held at the Tower Theater in Miami, Florida, on March 12, 2011. The grand prize for "Best Film" was $3,000.


 * Best Film - "The Girl Is Mime" by Far From Home London, England.
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "46 Miles" by Cinema Geeks 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Casting Call" by Evolve Productions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Best Directing - "The Girl Is Mime" by Far From Home London, England
 * Honorable Mention for Directing - "Gesti" by Gadoev 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
 * Best Writing - "46 Miles" by Cinema Geeks 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado
 * Honorable Mention for Writing - "Casting Call" by Evolve Productions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Best Acting - "Casting Call" by Evolve Productions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Honorable Mention for Acting - "The Girl Is Mime" by Far From Home London, England
 * Best Cinematography - "The Girl Is Mime" by Far From Home London, England
 * Honorable Mention for Cinematography - "Gesti" by Gadoev 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
 * Best Editing - "Gesti" by Gadoev 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy
 * Honorable Mention for Editing - "Casting Call" by Evolve Productions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California

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2011
The winners of the 2011 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2012, held at the Taos Center for the Arts in Taos, New Mexico, on March 4, 2012. The grand prize for "Best Film" was $3,000.


 * Best Film - "In Captivity" by Jpixx Films 🇺🇸 Hampton Roads, Virginia
 * Runner Up for Best Film - "My Darling, I'm So Sorry" by so36portraits 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Canh Ba Ba" by Yeti Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * Best Directing - "My Darling, I'm So Sorry" by so36portraits 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * Honorable Mention for Directing - "In Captivity" by Jpixx Films 🇺🇸 Hampton Roads, Virginia
 * Best Writing - "My Darling, I'm So Sorry" by so36portraits 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * Honorable Mention for Writing - "Canh Ba Ba" by Yeti 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * Best Acting (Ensemble) - "Casse gueule" by Collectif 109 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Acting (Individual) - Jason Perini in "A Little Bit Behind" by The Magnificent 🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia
 * Best Cinematography - "Page 23" by Arts, Houben & Van Den Boogaard 🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
 * Best Editing - "In Captivity" by Jpixx Films 🇺🇸 Hampton Roads, Virginia
 * Best Use of Line - "My Darling, I'm So Sorry" by so36portraits 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
 * Best Special Effects - "In Captivity" by Jpixx Films 🇺🇸 Hampton Roads, Virginia
 * Best Song - "Oh Drama" by White Poison Industries 🇺🇸 Des Moines, Iowa
 * Best Graphics - "Page 23" by Arts, Houben & Van Den Boogaard 🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands

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2012
The winners of the 2012 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Filmapalooza 2013, held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 10, 2013.


 * Best Film - "Jacques Serres" by Les Productions avec Volontiers - directors François Goetghebeur & Nicolas Lebrun 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * First Runner Up for Best Film - "Les Dernières Marches" by Les Loups blancs 🇫🇷 Lyon, France
 * Second Runner Up for Best Film - "Past.Tense" by Bench Films 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
 * Best Directing - "Jacques Serres" by Les Productions avec Volontiers - directors François Goetghebeur & Nicolas Lebrun 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Writing - "Jacques Serres" by Les Productions avec Volontiers - directors François Goetghebeur & Nicolas Lebrun 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Cinematography - "Les Dernières Marches" by Les Loups blancs 🇫🇷 Lyon, France and "Jacques Serres" by Les Productions avec Volontiers - directors François Goetghebeur & Nicolas Lebrun 🇫🇷 Paris, France (tie)
 * Best Acting (Ensemble) - "Sorry" by Jeroen Houben 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 * Best Acting (Female Lead) - Katerina Pindejovà in "Main Course" by Laska 🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic
 * Best Acting (Male Lead) - Doug Powell in "Welcome to the Neighborhood" by Star Wipe Films 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland
 * Best Choreography - "The Crossing" by B & C 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
 * Best Graphics - "Eleven 0 One" by Stranger Studios 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado
 * Best Sound Design - "Advancing Age" by The Big Honkin' 🇺🇸 Washington, DC
 * Best Musical - "GoodNewsBurningFire: The Musical" by Little Earth Productions Dundee, Scotland
 * Best Editing - "Les Dernières Marches" by Les Loups blancs 🇫🇷 Lyon, France
 * Best Special Effects - "Until Death" by Flip Eleven Creative 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Best Use of Line - "Where Sheep May Safely Graze" by Trinidad Mustache Films 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico
 * Best Use of Prop - "The Pillow-Case" by Guerilla Film Crew Dubai, UAE and "Main Course" by Laska 🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic
 * Best Use of Character - "Welcome to the Neighborhood" by Star Wipe Films 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland
 * Best Music Video - "Past Scenes" by Facades with Woow Your Life 🇫🇷 Paris, France
 * Best Song - "Shut the Door" by Songs of Aran with FMV 🇳🇱 Nijmegen, Netherlands

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2021
The winners of the 2021 48 Hour Film Project were announced at Rich Mix 2021, held at the Rich Mix cinema in London, UK, on November 27, 2021.


 * Best Film - "I'm in Love with my Stalker" by Invisible Sword Productions - Director David John Jeffery London, UK

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